Drawings

Dove Descending

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Type: Drawings(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1940
Accession number: 2000.5.1791
Maker: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940)
Possiblys: possibly by Duncan Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1893–1954); possibly by John Henry Dearle(Opens in new tab) (British, 1860–1932)
Dimensions: 18 x 27 in. (45.7 x 68.6 cm.)
Medium: graphite on paper
Description: Small diamond-shaped quadrangle, gridded, showing dove flying downwards - body drawn as if seen from above, head pointed down, with halo. Sketch of wing to right.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
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